Patents by Inventor Hideshi Tsuchida

Hideshi Tsuchida has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7124539
    Abstract: A weather strip includes a body side weather strip and an inner seal attached to opposite ends of a die formed part for use at a door opening edge of a car body. The inner seal has a grip with an embedded metal core for insertion into a body flange. The upper end of the inner seal is formed as a cut end face that connects to die formed part and a gap exists between a roughly triangular base part of the die formed part and at a lip a side surface of the upper end part of the inner seal. When the inner seal attaches to the flange it is curved along the flange and the side end of the base part contacts the inner seal upper end part to close the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushikikaisha, Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideshi Tsuchida, Tsuyoshi Noda
  • Publication number: 20060162256
    Abstract: A weatherstrip for a hardtop automobile comprising a molded part that is attached to the corner part of the door opening edge of the body, wherein the molded part has a base that is attached to a retainer fixed to the body, sidewalls rising from the base, a sealing wall that forms a hollow together with the base and sidewalls and is resiliently pressed against the door glass when the door is closed, and a lip that is extended from the sealing wall and inserted between the body and a garnish attached to the body and a projection that makes contact with the body to support the lip is formed on the back of the lip, whereby a gap is not created between the lip and the garnish when the door is closed and the lip is pushed inward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Applicants: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Hideshi Tsuchida, Tsuyoshi Noda
  • Patent number: 7070224
    Abstract: There is provided a sealing structure in a convertible type vehicle in which a roof 11 is opened by folding or removing the roof 11, wherein a weather strip 15 mounted to a header 12 comprises seal portions 18, 19, which seals a gap by making a resilient contact with the hood 11 when the hood 11 is in a closed position. A roof side weather strip 22 mounted to a side edge of the hood 11 comprises a sub-seal portion 28 which seals a gap formed with the hood 11. A fin shape seal portion 1 is projecting formed at a front end of the sub-seal portion 28, where a front end of the seal portion 1 makes a resilient contact with a seal portion 19 of the weather strip 15 when the hood 11 is in a closed position, thereby sealing a contacting portion formed between the weather strip 15 and the front end of the roof side weather strip 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideshi Tsuchida
  • Publication number: 20050279026
    Abstract: A weatherstrip for vehicles comprising extruded parts and molded part, wherein the extruded parts are attached to the header and front pillar of a convertible car and the molded part is attached to the corner, the hollow sealing section of the molded part has a pad therein for an improved reaction force and is provided with a rib for positioning the pad at a required point to prevent the pad from dislocating when the door is closed and the side glass is pressed against it, and the rib also serves to improve the rigidity of the sealing section at the required position and, accordingly, increase the sealing pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicants: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Hideshi Tsuchida, Tsuyoshi Noda
  • Publication number: 20050279027
    Abstract: A weatherstrip attached to the edge of the roof or the front pillar in a hard-top vehicle or an open-top vehicle, that seals the periphery of the door glass with a seal of a hollow seal and a sealing lip when a door is closed, the weatherstrip including the hollow seal, and the lip that protrudes toward the side from the sidewall by having a specified gap from the seal, the hollow seal and the sealing lip being flexed without being influenced by each other, the flexed configurations of the hollow seal and the sealing lip being easily predicted, so target flexed configurations can be easily obtained. The hollow seal entirely covers an edge of the door glass, and not only the edge but a portion of the glass surface at the exterior side beyond the edge are also covered and sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicants: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Hideshi Tsuchida, Tsuyoshi Noda
  • Patent number: 6931790
    Abstract: In a hardtop vehicle a partition and a glassrun are mounted at both sides of a center sash. The partition can receive a triangular glass of a front door and the glassrun can receive a front glass. The center sash has a die-molded portion with a thin tip end at an upper edge thereof. A roofside weatherstrip is provided. The partition, glass run and die-molded portion each include a water receiver composed of lip pieces extending along the vehicle interior side of the center sash. An opening at the upper end of each water receiver is positioned below the roofside weatherstrip when the door is closed. Each water receiver provides a clearance extending the length of the center sash and into the door below the belt line so that water discharges below the belt line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideshi Tsuchida
  • Publication number: 20050127707
    Abstract: There is provided a sealing structure in a convertible type vehicle in which a roof 11 is opened by folding or removing the roof 11, wherein a weather strip 15 mounted to a header 12 comprises seal portions 18, 19, which seals a gap by making a resilient contact with the hood 11 when the hood 11 is in a closed position. A roof side weather strip 22 mounted to a side edge of the hood 11 comprises a sub-seal portion 28 which seals a gap formed with the hood 11. A fin shape seal portion 1 is projecting formed at a front end of the sub-seal portion 28, where a front end of the seal portion 1 makes a resilient contact with a seal portion 19 of the weather strip 15 when the hood 11 is in a closed position, thereby sealing a contacting portion formed between the weather strip 15 and the front end of the roof side weather strip 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideshi Tsuchida
  • Publication number: 20040255519
    Abstract: The present invention provides a weather strip in which a body side weather strip 1 and an inner seal 2 of the lower side, which are attached to the door opening edge of a body of a hardtop or an open top car, are integrated by a die formed part 15, and the inner seal 2 has a grip 13 with a metal core embedded which is inserted into and attached to a body flange, and the upper end of the inner seal is formed as a cut end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Hideshi Tsuchida, Tsuyoshi Noda
  • Publication number: 20040168373
    Abstract: In a hardtop vehicle, etc., in which a partition and a glassrun are mounted at both sides of a center sash 4 which partitions at a triangular glass of a front door and a front glass, a die-molded portion 7 whose tip end is made thin is integrally formed at the upper edge thereof, and a roofside weatherstrip 9 is provided at the roofside, a water receiver composed of lip pieces 21, 22, 23 and 24 is formed in the direction toward the center sash 4 integrally with the die-molded portion 7, partition and glassrun and is resiliently brought into contact with the triangular glass and front glass with clearance remaining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventor: Hideshi Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 6499257
    Abstract: A retainerless weather strip attached to a full door type door panel of an automobile by an attaching element except for a retainer, which comprises: a base portion to be fixed to an attaching portion of the door panel by at least one of a clip and an adhesive double coated tape; a hollow seal portion provided on an automobile interior side of the base portion so as to come into elastic contact with an automobile body; a seal lip portion provided on an automobile exterior side of the base portion, the seal lip portion comprising an upper end portion and an intermediate portion, so that the upper end portion of the seal lip portion comes into elastic contact with an automobile body and that the intermediate portion of the seal lip portion comes into elastic contact with a door panel; an end edge portion protruded from a lower end portion of the base portion on the automobile exterior side; and a neck portion formed in a connecting portion of the base portion with the seal lip portion on the automobile exterior
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideshi Tsuchida, Eiichi Baba
  • Patent number: 6386619
    Abstract: A retainerless weather strip to be fixed to a door panel of an automobile by a clip, which comprises: a base bottom portion to be attached to the door panel; a hollow seal portion to seal between the door panel and a body panel; and a seal lip portion, wherein the base bottom portion has a cutout-shaped step portion formed at a lower end portion on the automobile exterior side of the base bottom portion, and the weather strip further comprises a thick waterproof sponge member provided on the cutout-shaped step portion, wherein the thick waterproof sponge member has a thickness sufficiently larger than the depth of the cutout-shaped step portion, and has an elasticity such that a portion in which the clip is located and portions in which the clip is not located can be equally elastically contracted when the base bottom portion is fixed to the door panel by the clip so that watertightness is kept between the thick waterproof sponge member and the door panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideshi Tsuchida